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Details
Man Ray (1890-1976)
By Itself
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark on the base Man Ray 4/9 FNB.BRUX., signed again, titled, dated and inscribed "BY ITSELF II" Man Ray 1918 reused 1919 1920, bronze with gold patina
22¾in. (58cm.) high
Conceived in wood in 1918 and cast in 1966 in an edition of 9 plus 3 artists proofs
By Itself
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark on the base Man Ray 4/9 FNB.BRUX., signed again, titled, dated and inscribed "BY ITSELF II" Man Ray 1918 reused 1919 1920, bronze with gold patina
22¾in. (58cm.) high
Conceived in wood in 1918 and cast in 1966 in an edition of 9 plus 3 artists proofs
Provenance
Galleria Schwartz, Milan (c1810)
Literature
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Man Ray, 1966, no.141 (another cast illustrated p.117)
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Man Ray, 1971-1972, no.139 (another cast illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne.
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, no.19 (another cast illustrated)
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, p.60, no.28 (another cast illustrated)
C. Benincasa & R. Maria Siena, Man Ray, les Fleurs heureuses, Rome, 1975, p.14
A. Schwartz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, p.145, no.245
J-H Martin, R. Krauss & B. Hermann, Man Ray: Objets de mon Affection, Sculptures et Objets, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, p.139, no.9 (the original wood version illustrated)
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Man Ray, 1971-1972, no.139 (another cast illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne.
Janus, Man Ray, Milan, 1973, no.19 (another cast illustrated)
R. Penrose, Man Ray, London, 1975, p.60, no.28 (another cast illustrated)
C. Benincasa & R. Maria Siena, Man Ray, les Fleurs heureuses, Rome, 1975, p.14
A. Schwartz, Man Ray, The Rigour of Imagination, London, 1977, p.145, no.245
J-H Martin, R. Krauss & B. Hermann, Man Ray: Objets de mon Affection, Sculptures et Objets, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1983, p.139, no.9 (the original wood version illustrated)
Exhibited
Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Man Ray, 1980, no.56